Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5fedc8f86423b58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 17:31:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 49fe31651e649b823dc16506bfc22cd3 SHA-1: d6e1773bbf31a5a8b040d91b2d03828ddc67ecaa SHA-256: d5fedc8f86423b5827b7684239e2d41fb6969b3a540cb1d35476b6dfac8fe9ad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure points to a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d23561a0fd4---pesaxeguwidumoronilolabas.pdf
    • http://china-hold.com/UploadFile/file/20210620015928819.pdf
    • http://ozkayalartrans.com/userfiles/file/tegaderulakeluzuzulu.pdf
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/rugusivizug.pdf
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1c905c2679ea971d4c2899a751db4d2/2634604247.pdf
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04155bfde4b3bfd00fbba8d07a1b80c8/nuwejiluvotisupesilove.pdf
    • http://technology-mp.it/userfiles/files/83364376591.pdf
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2pa4tc29v6nf5bu8uuorneuevu/vegewabumatovedupatu.pdf
    • https://barcelonamedicalcenter.com/files/galeria/files/rimegimidulizegogixofo.pdf
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/monugodisipajoluzad.pdf
    • http://linkingpeople.info/userfiles/file/42902354913.pdf
    • https://liderpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/45788742027.pdf
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f97fbbfc983c34c4eb5844634afcd78/jekelezumajij.pdf
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cac12c2280fd911a76ec08099ed6e19/molamufakewijiviwuw.pdf
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ce8f9ac01---74868106955.pdf
    • http://premsaktidal.in/userfiles/file/93425522997.pdf
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823ecd3db8e---93982485205.pdf
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e072ce94910d0df73ae2216e6e326084/6509043372.pdf
    • http://effektfilm.de/files/file/zevilesikapivexinadedo.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086735181e45---27232780135.pdf
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0439592f39---98553836015.pdf
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6edb4742c870b9bee6b7891a0eb3af52/mulov.pdf
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d433bc7959146df9c36affb53b46828/remuwoxitopuvaju.pdf
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2afa17b7dc---68190587601.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=introducing+yourself+worksheet+for+grade+1
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f41f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF41F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c36.bin
f7b8d87e629d0705d5fb79e66e75a4edfe6a14cb94d1eae6bdc3848824dc5a21
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C36 11152 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001261d.bin
9643194702ffeb699dcc8e0fbe1583e7aea71fd47accd5cbacb0fbce19783f28
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1261D 17040 bytes